[Upper digestive hemorrhage in the operated stomach (Billroth I and II): clinical course and prognosis]

Autor: J C, Erdozain Sosa, E, Guerrero Vega, C, Martín-de-Argila, M, González Murillo, M, Presa Valle, F, Muñoz Núñez, J, Lizasoain Urkola, J, Suárez de Parga, A, Herrera Abian, E, Molina Pere
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva. 85(2)
ISSN: 1130-0108
Popis: To determine course and prognosis of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in gastrectomized patients.We have conducted a retrospective study on 34 patients (one female, mean age 38.2 +/- 12.14 years) admitted with upper gastrointestinal bleeding between November 1989 and August 1991. All patients had been previously gastrectomized because of benign gastric pathology. Eight had a Billroth I type gastrectomy, and 26 a Billroth II.The causes of gastrointestinal bleeding were recurrent ulcer in 20 patients and alkaline reflux gastritis in 13 patients, both located at the surgical anastomosis; in one case it was not possible to determine the lesion responsible of the bleeding. Initial symptoms were maelena in 16 patients (47%), hematemesis in 12 patients (35.2%) and hematemesis and maelena in 6 (17.6%). Only one patient developed hemodynamic changes (systolic arterial tension10 mm Hg and pulse100 pm). After admission 3 patients rebled (8.8%) and the mortality reached 8.8%. Although rebleeding and mortality rates were higher than the rates for peptic ulcer in non gastrectomized patients, mortality and rebleeding occurred in patients with severe diseases (chronic hepatopathy), whose evolution conditioned in 2 of 3 patients the course of the upper gastrointestinal bleeding.The evolution of bleeding was not influenced by the causal lesion or the gastric resective procedure. We conclude that the course and prognosis of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in gastrectomized patients is not severe; hemostatic surgical procedures are indicated in only a minority of patients.
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